Inky Paws Challenge #236-Week 2

 

  Happy New Year and welcome to  

Inky Paws first 2025 Challenge!

For the month of January 

we have fabulous colors to play with!

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Use Cherry Red, Turquoise, Buttery Brown, and White with your NND products. 

You have 3 more weeks to get creative with these colors and your NND Products!

You have until Friday, Janary 31, 2025 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop!  The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday.  Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration.  

This color combination would make fun Valentine's, flowery spring, or beautiful birthday cards. There's so many ways to combine them.  Let's see how the IPC team used them:

Danni Bindel creates this darling Valentine's card using the sweet puppy from the Puppy Heart stamp set. She uses papers from the Love & Woofs paper pad to create the panels made using the Frames & Tags die set. She die cuts (Heart Frames die set) a large heart in which she has embossed puppy paws using the Pawprints stencil. The overall effect is puppy cuteness!

Debbie Owens was also inspired to use the Frames & Tags die set to create her card layout. She frames it with the scallop-edge die from the Frames & Flags die set. See those little hearts in the background? Those were made using the Petite Hearts stencil. Deb scatters different images from the Valentine Postage Sampler stamp set. She adds sentiments pulled from the Heartfelt Love stamp set. A wonderfully designed "love" card!

Amy Tollner was also in the Valentine mood. For her sweet card, she uses the heart paper from the Lovely Hearts paper pad. She then uses the recently released Charming Hearts Frame die and adds some white and shimmering red hearts to it. She continues with the XOXO sentiment from the Valentine Words Trio die set. A fabulous combination of products!

Claire Lamb opts for a coffee-themed card. She uses the Coffee Frame die set atop red polka-dotted paper from the Christmas Basics paper pad. She then adds her sentiment with each word in a challenge color. This fabulous sentiment is from the Thanks a Latte die set. A fabulous way to send thanks to a loved one!

Crystal Minkler also goes with a coffee-themed card! She embraces the turquoise and browns of the challenge with a splash of red on her coffee mugs!  Crystal creatively combines papers from the Coffee Shop paper pad. She creates her different layers using dies from the Framework die set. She uses the Coffee Silhouettes die set to create her trio of mugs and follows up with a sentiment from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set.  A wonderful coffee-themed card!

Don't forget you now have until Janary 31, 2025 to get 

inky with these fab colors!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #199 Reminder

  

Don't forget - 
There's still time to play along with our 

latest Inky Paws Challenge!

  

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest Inky Paws Challenge? 

Here's a refresher.

Use your NND products with the theme--rainbow!

Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our current challenge! 

Amy Tollner uses the napping Newton from the Newton's Naptime stamp set who is enjoying his nap atop a stack of blankets in hues of the rainbow!  For even more rainbow fun, she uses the Meow stencil to create a "wallpaper" for her room that also includes a pretty blue hardwood floor (Hardwood stencil-retiring).  She uses a sentiment as well as the toy mouse and food dish from the Welcome New Cat stamp and die set.  For the postage-edging she uses the main die from the Framework die set. A colorful way to send some love!

Claire Lamb's variegated skeins of yarn in rainbow colors seem to make her little fur balls quite happy!  Those little fur balls are from the Newton Unwinds stamps & coordinating die set. Claire places them on a scallop-edged oval (Oval Frames die set) filled with hearts (Petite Hearts stencil) in rainbow hues. Her purr-fect sentiment is from the Kitten Beach stamp set. A fun, colorful way to send happy greetings!

Crystal O. Minkler pulls a rainbow of papers from the Birthday Party paper pad to create layers of birthday fun.  She adds our high-flying Newton from the Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp set with his lavender balloons.  To create her many layers, Crystal uses dies from the Frames & Flags and the Frames Squared die sets.  A colorful way to celebrate!

Debbie Owens uses the paw print die from the Bookmark die set to create a rainbow of paw prints down her slimline card.  She then adds the little puppy and the poignant sentiment from the Furr-ever Friends stamp set. A beautiful card to send to a loved one who has a fur baby crossing The Rainbow Bridge. 

Diane Morales will satisfy your sweet tooth without all the calories!  She creates an oval card base using the Oval Frames die set and adds a fun background using the Petite Snow stencil.  Atop her card base awaits a rainbow of confectionery goodies (Love & Chocolate stamp and coordinating die set). She uses the newly released Banner Duo die set with her foiling machine to make her darling banner.  She sprinkles her yummy card with a few jewels!  Fantastically done, Diane!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday,  June 9, 2023 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - see more inspiration on our Inky Paws Challenge here!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #191

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a

Color Challenge.

Use the colors--Cherry Red, Pewter Gray, Daffodil Yellow, and White.

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20 store credit to our Newton's Nook Design online shop! We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday so all entries have a chance to be featured on this blog! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, February 17, 2023 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. 

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration!

Need to get inspired? See what our Inspiration Team created with this challenge! 

Crystal Minkler is making her debut on Inky Paws as our newest design team member! We are so excited to have her creativity with us.  For her darling card, Crystal uses the little envelope paper from the Love & Meows paper pad for her background. She pulls the gray paw print paper from the same set and cut using the scallop-edged circle from the Circle Frames die set. She showcases the recently released kitty from the Newton's Heart stamp and die set.  For a bit of color contrast, she adds a little heart (Springtime paper pad).  Welcome, Crystal!

Debbie Owens uses the challenge color for a nontraditional Christmas card. She showcases the retiring Poinsettia Blooms stamp set (on sale for $7.99!).  Coloring the foliage in gray adds some elegance as does the coordinating sentiment from the  Holiday Greetings die set. A fun take on these colors!

Diane Morales showcases the recently released puppy from the Puppy Heart stamp and coordinating die set. She places him on a circular card base using the Circle Frames die set. Those cute papers are from the A Dog's Life and the Autumn paper pads.  The extra little red hearts are so cute!

Amy Tollner is back with the ever-cute robots from the Love Bots stamp and coordinating die set. She places them on a slimline card base and adds a splattered, scallop-edge frame using the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set. Those trio of hearts were created using the Slimline Masking Hearts stencil set.  The sentiment is embossed on a little banner using the A7 Frames & Banners die set.  Don't you just love the red and yellow accents on Amy's bots?  Darling!

Claire Lamb is also showcasing the sweet puppy from the Puppy Heart stamp and coordinating die set. For her card, she uses the Petite Hearts stencil on the card base to create all those little red hearts. She adds her stitched frame (Frames & Flags die set) which has more little hearts! The little yellow bones and red hearts are darling touches to this heart-filled card!

Use the Cherry Red, Pewter Gray, Daffodil Yellow, and white with your Newton's Nook Designs Products!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #167

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a

Color Challenge

Use the colors Sunny Yellow, Spring Green, Taffy Pink, and White to create your NND project!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20 store credit to our Newton's Nook Design online shop! We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday so all entries have a chance to be featured on this blog! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, February 25, 2022 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. 

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration!

Need to get inspired? See what our Inspiration Team created with this challenge! 

Diane Morales designs this beautiful card by creating a textured card base using the Petite Hearts stencil set and die cut using the scallop-edged die from the Heart Frames die set.  She adds a white-scalloped heart with the Heartfelt Roses image stamped and lovingly colored in the challenge colors. She adds a trio of banners using the banner die from the Frames & Flags die set.  A clean, beautiful card!

Sue T. creatively combines stencil sets for her beautiful card. She distresses the Petite Flowers stencil in a pale pink. Then die cuts using the postage-edged die from the Framework die set.  She then die cuts a portion of a heart using the Heart Frames die set.  In that heart cutout, she has added textured clouds on a scallop-edged heart using the Cloudy Sky stencil.  Her umbrella-toting lady from the Loads of Blooms stamp and die set becomes her center piece to this beautiful card!

Amy Tollner distresses the background flowers using the Bold Blooms stencil die cut using the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set. She adds the lady with a bouquet of tulips from the Loads of Blooms stamp and coordinating die set which she places on a vellum circle using the Circle Frames die set.  She matches her sentiment banner with her card base for a bright, refreshing card!  

Claire Lamb designs this gorgeous floral card! She uses the Argyle stencil to add texture to the background. She then adds her gorgeous flowers from the Peony Blooms (retiring) stamp and die set. She adds a bold sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set. A gorgeous use of the challenge colors!

Debbie Owens designs a shape card using the Circle Frames die set. She stamps the image from the Spring Roundabout stamp set and cuts it apart allowing room on the card base for the sentiment. She adds a yellow ribbon and bow with a splattering of sequins for sparkle. A sweet way to celebrate Easter!

Use the challenge colors Sunny Yellow, Spring Green, Taffy Pink, and White.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #166 Reminder

 

Don't forget - 
There's still time to play along with our 

latest Inky Paws Challenge!

  

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest Inky Paws Challenge? 

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using hearts!

Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our current challenge! 

Debbie Owens goes a bit rogue from her counterparts and uses some nontraditional Valentine colors for her punny card.  She uses the newly released A7 Frames & Banners die set to make her fuchsia scalloped layer and adheres it to her black card base. She then uses the Gingham stencil in a dark gray for her 'place setting'. She die cuts two hearts( Heart Frames die set) and shades them in gray and fuchsia. Her main entree...I mean attraction is the little kitten from the Knead Kittens stamp set with his jelly jar sidekick from the Love Bites stamp set. A bit of Glossy Accents adds a bit of dimension and shine to her jam!  

Bon appétit

Diane Morales' card is brimming with hearts!  Beginning with the Circle Frames die set, she creates her shaped card base. Then adds a layer of hearts from the Love and Meows paper pad. She continues by adding more hearts using the Heart Frames die set. On a wavy black banner (A7 Frames & Banners die set) she heat embosses the sentiment from the Love Bots stamp set.  Heart overload, and loving it!

Sue T. is featuring this darling duo from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and die set. Don't you love how their tails form a heart?  {sigh} She then adds a vellum heart die cut from the Heart Frames die set.  All of this is atop an ombre heart strip created using the Bokeh Hearts stencil.  Definitely romance in the air!

Amy Tollner's card uses the Heartfelt Love stamp which always reminds me of a box of chocolate!  She embosses the image in white on her ombre' heart die which was cut using the scallop-edged die from the Heart Frames die set. She sets this atop an ombre' bed of hearts using the newly released Petite Hearts stencil and die cut using the scalllop-edged die from the A7 Frames & Banners die set.  Her embossed sentiment has been die cut using the round-edged die from the Banner Trio die set.  Pretty in pinks, indeed!

Claire Lamb goes all out with a super-sized shaker card using the A7 Frames & Banners die set.  How fun is this?  Behind all those sparkly sequins, you'll spy lots of hearts die cut using various dies from the Heart Frames die set.  Atop a vellum heart, she has added a trio of black mini banners with sentiments from the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set. Anyone else want to give this card a little shake?

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, February 11, 2022 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - see more inspiration on our Inky Paws Challenge here!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #166

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a

Theme Challenge

Use the theme-Hearts-

 to create your NND project!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20 store credit to our Newton's Nook Design online shop! We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday so all entries have a chance to be featured on this blog! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, February 11, 2022 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. 

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration!

Need to get inspired? See what our Inspiration Team created with this challenge! 

Debbie Owens uses hearts to show her love of books!  She selects paper from the Coffee House Stories  paper pad and die cuts using the postage-edged die from the Framework die set. She stamps the Heartfelt Meows image on navy and die cuts using the scallop-edged die from the Heart Frames die set. She adds a banner with the sentiment using the Bookmark die set.  Her main attraction is the kitty atop all those books from the All Booked Up stamp set.  A little cup of coffee (Newton Loves Coffee) is snuggled next to the spectacles.  

Diane Morales' card is sporting all kinds of newly released products!  Beginning with the A7 Frames & Banners die set, she adds panels with little hearts using the Petite Hearts stencil.  Then she adds a trio of robot-kitties from the Love Bots stamp and coordinating die set.  Anyone else in love with these little bots?!

Sue T. creatively uses the Heart Frames die set to create her background for her cement truck from the Love Quarry stamp and die set.  She adds black and white diagonally striped Washi tape that works wonderfully for a road!  She adds a bit of sparkly embellishments next to her sentiment, and voilà...a darling Valentine's card!

Amy Tollner creates a vertical slimline card just perfect for the trio of owls flying by with their Valentine's treats! Her pastel clouds were created using the Clouds stencil and die cut using the scallop-edged die from the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set.  Those super sweet owls are from the Love Owl-ways stamp and cut using the coordinating dies.  Using a banner from the Banner Trio die set, Amy stamps the sentiment.  A sweet, colorful way to send Valentine wishes. 

Claire Lamb's card will have you purring with all it's cuteness! She uses the Meow stencil to create her pastel background. She then stamps and amazingly colors the kittens from the Heartfelt Meows stamp set which she cuts using the scallop-edged heart die in the Heart Frames die set. She pulls the tiny banner die from the A7 Frames & Banners die set and stamps the sentiment!  Purr-fectly done!

Use hearts in your project.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter